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ESPN Has a Right to Fire Curt Schilling. What Rights Do People of Faith Have?
CNS News ^ | April 21, 2016 | Ryan T. Anderson

Posted on 04/22/2016 11:01:39 AM PDT by detective

ESPN has fired Curt Schilling. The company said that his speech went against company values because ESPN is “an inclusive company.”

What’s at stake here?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
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Freedom of religion is supposed to be protected by the Constitution. There is nothing in the Constitution about the right to engage in perverted sex acts. But anyone expressing Christian beliefs can be fired from their job.

The reason the Curt Schilling case is important is because it is just one example of a very real trend in which Americans can lose their jobs, their businesses and their life savings for expressing the truth about the sinfulness of homosexuality.

1 posted on 04/22/2016 11:01:39 AM PDT by detective
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It has nothing to do with religion. He was fired for expressing his opinion away from work. It’s a free speech issue.


2 posted on 04/22/2016 11:02:35 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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Rights? Zip, nada, nothing. Conservatives and Christians are not allowed their personal private opinions lest they hurt the sensitive feelings of liberals.


3 posted on 04/22/2016 11:03:02 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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ESPN is “an inclusive company.”

Inclusive? LOLOLOL!! As long has you don’t go outside their twisted belief system.

FUESPN


4 posted on 04/22/2016 11:03:27 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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There is an answer to this consistent with limited government and conservative values. Crapcan ESPN, Target, PayPal and every other corporatist pig supporting this crap.


5 posted on 04/22/2016 11:05:44 AM PDT by jwalsh07 (.)
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So then “inclusive” doesn’t include Christians. Doesn’t seem all that “inclusive” to me.


6 posted on 04/22/2016 11:07:31 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: AppyPappy

“It has nothing to do with religion. He was fired for expressing his opinion away from work. It’s a free speech issue.”

It is true that Curt Schilling was denied freedom of speech.

But this case is part of a larger trend in which Christians are targeted and sued, fired, boycotted, etc by those with a pro homosexual, anti-Christians agenda.

Do you seriously believe Schilling would have been fired if he had said something favorable to the side of the homosexual agenda?


7 posted on 04/22/2016 11:10:41 AM PDT by detective
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He was fired for expressing his opinion away from work. It’s a free speech issue

That is EXACTLY right. What he says off the air is his business.

Burn those scum down for a hundred million dollars.

8 posted on 04/22/2016 11:10:50 AM PDT by Regulator
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ESPN could have fired Schilling for telling someone that today is Friday.

But now that Schilling has been fired, the consumer is free to make a decision to not watch ESPN.


9 posted on 04/22/2016 11:12:51 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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“Do you seriously believe Schilling would have been fired if he had said something favorable to the side of the homosexual agenda?”

No but if he did, his religion would have been just as irrelevant.


10 posted on 04/22/2016 11:13:43 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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All persons are required to adhere to the moral teachings of the secular humanist established church.


11 posted on 04/22/2016 11:14:31 AM PDT by omega4412
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Christians are getting fired for speaking against perverts and Donald Trump sides with the pervs.


12 posted on 04/22/2016 11:16:03 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (Donald Trump: New York City Liberal)
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What he says off the air is his business.

It would not be hard to believe that ESPN has a vague/broad clause in its contracts that allows them to fire people for affecting the company's reputation.

And if the state in question is an employment-at-will state they do not even need that to terminate him.

13 posted on 04/22/2016 11:17:23 AM PDT by gdani (Election 2016: Pick your liberal)
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Correct me if I’m wrong, the this whole thing started when CBS fired Jimmy ‘the Greek’ for saying that blacks are better athletes than whites because of their physical makeup.

He was stating what he viewed as a fact and was meant to be a compliment.

The perpetually offended pantywaists would have none of it and created this phony ‘outrage’ and demanded him to be fired. He was fired.

He died a broken man.

This cultural Marxism is pure madness. Madness has no logic, nor does it have a purpose really. But it does have a goal - to destroy. Complete and utter destruction.

We need to act accordingly.


14 posted on 04/22/2016 11:19:11 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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I think the argument falls on deaf ears. You can hate Gays and Trannies all you want. But doing it as being an act of Faith leaves a pretty bad impression. Same with abortion.


15 posted on 04/22/2016 11:22:43 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: WKUHilltopper

16 posted on 04/22/2016 11:24:06 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Inclusive to ESPN includes rapists and child molesters


17 posted on 04/22/2016 11:24:28 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (This household proudly voted for TRUMP)
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To: AppyPappy
It’s a free speech issue.

Which doesn't apply here.

18 posted on 04/22/2016 11:28:07 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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I never saw the Schilling story on ESPN’s front page. They gave WAY more coverage to PRINCE than Schilling.


19 posted on 04/22/2016 11:29:44 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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"Freedom of religion is supposed to be protected by the Constitution. ... But anyone expressing Christian beliefs can be fired from their job."

I’m not up to speed on the ESPN case. But note that the Supreme Court clarified in United States v. Cruikshank that only the federal government, and now the state governments though the 14th Amendment, are obligated to respect constitutionally enumerated rights. Ordinary citizens and employers do not have to respect constitutionally enumerated rights like the feds and state governments do imo.

Corrections, insights welcome.

20 posted on 04/22/2016 11:32:41 AM PDT by Amendment10
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